The BBC is under fire yet again for has come under fire for broadcasting a show that joked about ‘killing whiteness’. This comes days after the new incoming Director-General at the BBC vowed to curb left-wing comedy bias at the Corporation.
The particular is show in question is Frankie Boyle’s BBC2 panel show New World Order, which made controversial statements about racism and ‘white power’. These comments were made by the comic Sophie Duker.
In one segment of the show, the panellists discuss if the Black Lives Matter movement ‘glosses over the complexities of a world where we all need to come together and kill whitey’. In the following segment, Ms Duker asserted that ‘white power’ and ‘black power’ are ‘capitalist myths’ that need to be dispelled, before calling ‘whiteness’ a ‘capitalist structure’. She then claimed that ‘white power is Trump Tower’ which is a common left-wing accusation that President Trump is racist.
This show has only served to heighten anger towards the BBC. The TalkRadio presenter Julia Hartley-Brewer took to Twitter to say: “This is horrible. It’s not just unfunny, it’s incoherent nonsensical Marxist gobbledegook. The white contributors nodding along supportively as this woman jokes about killing people who look like them is just plain sick”.
The prominent Brexiteer Darren Grimes has said: “I’m not sure how this is ‘comedy’. I’m not sure why our cash is paying for it. I’m not sure why the BBC isn’t challenging those determined to do all that they can to divide us with this hateful word soup of divisive dross”.
Current Affairs Correspondent | My name is Oliver Down I am 22, and a staunch brexiteer. I am a Bristolian lad who studied politics in Leicester. I believe in free speech and accurate journalism and I won’t be afraid to give you “the other side” of the story!
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